David LINDSAY, 28th Earl of Crawford

1900 - 1975  (75 years)

• Name	David LINDSAY  [1]
  Suffix	28th Earl of Crawford
  Birth	20 Nov 1900  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Alma Mater	Magdalene College, Oxford, England   [2]
  Made	From 1932 to 1937  [2]
  	a trustee of the Tate Gallery
  Was	From 1935 to 1960  [2]
  	a trustee of the National Gallery
  Was	From 1937 to 1952
  	a member of the Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries
  Was	From 1940 to 1973  [2]
  	a trustee of the British Museum
  Was	From 1943 to 1957  [2]
  	Chairman of the Royal Fine Arts Commission
  Was	1944  [2]
  	Chairman of the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland
  Made	1951  [2]
  	a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the arts
  Was	From 1952 to 1972  [2]
  	Chairman of the Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland
  Was elected	1953
  	a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  Occupation	a British Unionist politician  [2]
  Death	13 Dec 1975  [2]
  	His titles passed to his eldest son Robert upon his death.
  		Balcarres_House_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1465289 Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
  Person ID	I121183	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Katherine CAVENDISH, Countess of Crawford,   b. 20 Jul 1903   d. 20 Nov 1994 (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1925  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Robert Alexander LINDSAY, 29th Earl of Crawford,   b. 5 Mar 1927, London, England d. 18 Mar 2023, Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland (Age 96 years)   2. Hon. Patrick LINDSAY,   b. 14 Nov 1928   d. 1986 (Age 57 years)   3. Hon. Thomas Richard LINDSAY,   b. 18 Feb 1937   d. 2020 (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F38747	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S19975] Wikipedia - Lord Richard Cavendish (1871–1946). [S19981] Wikipedia - David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford.